The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-11

Elm Grove, Isaac Linton. 5H
A number OF nights from Bridgeport
and steubenville expect to pay tho Grand
Lodge a Maternal visit. E. CT.
THROUGH THE STATE.
Accidents and Incidents In West Virginia
aud Vicinity. IN
A military company has been formed at
Weston, called tho weston Light
duarda." gl0st 4 GSr-la,tp7iy ms
Charles Parker, Of Charlestown, has
been appointed an assistant In the Insane
Asylum at Weston. .st's /. /.
GA. Il VT. Thayer hays Just closed
o contract Of purchase for d SAD, 900 tract
Of coal land on New river near Echo. n. 81
There arc 10 be two soldiers reunion in
this State to-day and tomorrow. One 10
TO bs at 'Middlebourne and tho other at
Ravenswood. 4 St8e d,
A debt Of $4,000 which has been hang
Ing over the BuckhGnnon Academy has
been provided for, and the school ID on a
solid foundation.
Tho crop Of chcstnuts along tho Bali.
more 4 Ohio road is reported as immense.
Over 5000 pounds were shipped from
Oakland ono day last week.
There is 10 be reunion Of tho 140th
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, at
Waynesburg to-day. The ladies Of the
place will iurniah a big ireo dinner. ID
JohnI. Mcmillan, Of Doddt:dge county,
was unloading some heavy ntones from a
wagon when one slipped and falling on his
log broke both bones and MASKED It badly.
Hon. B. s. Morgan, Stats superintsrd.
|entof Schools, has loft hie office at Charles
ton and gone to his home In Mononcalia
county to secure needed rest. Ho has
been unWe!l for ZONE time. r.
Mrs. s. e. Craishill, mother OF L.. Col,
VIM. P. Otaighiti, we'll aud isvorably
known in connection with tho Great Ka.
nswha improvement, died in Uha,lestcwn
q few days since aged II.
Tho phyaicisna Of Tyler county have
formed u county medical association. DR..
j. B. Conway was elected president, Dr..
G. 3. West vice president, Dr.. J. w. Ohes.
ney secretary, and Dr.. W, II. Gillespie
tteasprer. l5',
The house OF r. G. Kaell, Of Kama gha
county, located about ono mile from
Charleston, was destroyed by fire to-
gethes with all the contents. A defective
tlue was the cause. Loss $500. Insur-
snce 81 200.
An effort wss made by unknown parties
to blow up the store Of s. Emswiiier in
Hardy county. a can Of rock powder
with fuse in it was found under the
building. It had been lighted, but went
out before 1t burned to the powder.
Miss Oaddie Ameu, Of Florida, Waiting
friends at Weston, was severely injured
while riding her horgoo around the race
course on Hon. W. G. Benefits place.
She eollided with q horssman coming in
an opposite direction and wss thrown OF.
Tho Tunnelton G. a. R. post is making
an effort to build ans hall in that town,
the upper story to ba used by the post
and tho lower stories to be rented. The
poat will give grand gift coucs,t in tho
near future to raise funds Tor building
purposes. The hall will be built BY an
incorporated company.
It is understood that Governor Wilson
and Auditor Duffy have signiisd their in
tention to accept the Invitation extended
to them. 10 attend the cerenoniea con.
nected with the laying OF the corner stone
Of tho General r. E. Lee monument at
Richmond on the 18Th inst. Camp Pat
ton, OF Charleston, an snpization Of ex.
Confederatea, expectato attend il a body.
r Secretary OF State Walker has issued a
certificate ofiucotporstion to the Gienvilla
4 Weston Telephone Company, organized
ior the purpose of constructing end main,
tanning telephone and telegraph line, or
a system Of either, in and through the
counties Of Gilmer, Lewis, Draxto1, Cal.
houn, Roane and Doddridge. The princir
pal place Of business to be at Ganyil!e:
charter to expire Octobsr 8, 1917. $500
have been subscribed. and $50 paid in
privileged stock Of SIC. 900. 4 s577
Mr.. W. P. Vickera, who for tho past
eighteen montha has been employed an
editor Of the Charleston Star, has resigned
In order to take charge Of the Putnam
county Democrat, which he has purchased
Of Mr.. DoWntain, q special pension exam.
iner--one Of the first Democrats in the
State to &c. anything under this Reform
administration. The Democrat ia located
at Winfield, and Is one Of the oldest
journals in that valley. Mr., Yickars has
been In the newspaper business for years
and is we'll qualified to conduct good,
live journal. lie will be decided loss to
the Star. 1t Is reported thu. Mr., Gilas G.
Crouch, vell-known Oharls ston uewspa.
per man, will take his place.
Post No. 60 G. A. r. OF Monongahsls
City, Pa, is to be presented with IN inter-
estiny relic. 4 short time since when Mr..
A. R. Parkinson, of that place, WAS visit
ing the baltic field Of Chattanooga Mis-
zion Ridge) ne secured the butt Of a tree
in which is imbedded cannon ball, The
tree was taken from in font OF whore
General Longstreet's headquarters were,
and from the way it was situated tho bali
was evidently fired by a Federal battery,
and had just sufficient momentum to i'm.
bed it in the tseo. The section was taken
right out OF the wilderness where the tree
was slowly falling into decay, but the part
with the ball in is yet in agoodststeof pre-.
MIR. Parkinson was offered
$50 for this war relic in Chattanooga, but
refused 1t. u h - Ta
Burglars have been operating with con-
slderable freedom in Jefferson county OF
late, especially about shepherdatown. So
botd have they bscame that citizens have
become alarmed, and have overhsuled
their tire.armn and COTTON on q war foot.
ing, and propose 10 give tho thieves a
warm reception II they cau oatoh them.
A public meeting was hold In Shepherds
town and resolutions passed requesting
the Town Council 10 offer q reward for
the arrest and conviction OF the thieves,
and also to appoint special policemen to
patrol the town. The Council, at spec.
ial meeting, offered o reward Of one hun.
dred dollars for the arrest and conviction
Of the perpetrators OF one robbery, and
alao offered q standing reward OF fifty dol.
lars Tor any peraon or peraons who shall |
hereafter ba arrested aud convicted Of |
committing q burglary in Shepherds!own